Resident expert and veteran overclocker Roman Hartung/ Der8auer conducted a survey with very interesting results. This is to determine how many of the AMD Ryzen 3000 series SKUs advertised turbo clock speeds. This all started with him unable to reach the CPUs advertised boost clock speeds irrespective of the motherboard/ BIOS variants.

The top board from ASRock's excellent Phantom Gaming line, the X570 Phantom Gaming X brings the signature 2.5 Gb/s Phantom Gaming LAN as well as a powerful VRM, excellent RGB lighting, and even a metal backplate! This is the most affordable of the high-end mainstream boards, so how does it stack up to the competition?

Here at ThinkComputers we are often focused on the best of the best, the top of the line, the highest performing hardware. But every now and then we find ourselves in need of a specialized system for a certain task or use case. This could be anything from something like a Raspberry Pi for some sort of maker project, to a dedicated home theater PC. And sometimes we just need a small, yet decently powerful system to perform day to day tasks without breaking the bank or taking up a ton of space. It is this last scenario we will be focusing on today as we take a look at the Azulle Byte3 Fanless Mini Desktop PC. The Byte3 is a mini-PC that has been designed to offer a lightweight, yet powerful system, capable of keeping up with the day to day tasks of an average user. That isn’t to say that the Byte3 is a slouch, as it offers support for 4K video at 60fps, and enough horsepower for a bit of light gaming as well. Follow along as we take a closer look at the Azulle Byte3 Fanless Mini Desktop PC.

Since the launch of AMDs third-gen Ryzen CPUs in July, theres been a lot of chatter around the web with regards to which benchmarks matter, and which can be safely ignored. Were rather passionate about benchmarking, so we decided to chime in and give our thoughts.

Nvidia's RTX line up for cards recently underwent a shakeup, with the Super variety of their standard cards sometimes taking the place of the original models. The RTX 2070 is one to suffer this fate. The 2070 Super is effectively replacing the 2070 base model of card. Enter Gigabyte's RTX 2070 Super Gaming OC edition GPU. This monster GPU aims to give gamers a viable, factory overclocked solution at a lower price than other 2070 Super cards. But does it deliver?

Blue monday: a short review of Kdenlive 19.08, a free, open-source video editor, covering installation and setup, look & feel, difficulty opening existing project files with locale issues and constant application crashes, problems with new projects, successful testing in older versions, other observations, and more. Me no happy, but do take a look.

The Lian Li O11 Dynamic XL is the next chassis in collaboration with Der8auer and represents a larger variant of the original O11 Dynamic not only allowing for more storage and cooling but also the change to sprinkle in a slew of functional and cosmetic additions.

Episode 4 left fans of Life is Strange 2 on one of the biggest cliffhangers the series, and I will be referencing it throughout. Episode 4 starts two months after that with Sean in the hospital facing a trail and Daniel still gone. I will do my best not to spoil anything from Episode 4 though, but be careful.

One thing that Life is Strange has always done well is the pacing. Its knows when to slow down and when to speed up, even if you might not agree with the decision. Episode 4 starts off slow, with lots of throwaway references to the characters you’ve met along the way and your upcoming transfer to a juvenile detention centre. Its an awkward and tense introduction to the episode, but it fits really well for where Sean is and sets an uncomfortable tone for the whole adventure.

Some weeks ago, we were presenting the Scythe Kotetsu Mark II TUF Gaming Alliance, which is interesting but lower performance cooler. Now it’s time for the latest twin-tower cooler Scythe Fuma 2, which offers high performance and silent work. How well it performs, you can find out in this review.

The same as in last CPU cooler reviews, we will use the latest AMD Ryzen 7 3700X processor which is quite demanding so perfectly shows any CPU cooler performance.

High-performance NVMe SSDs tend to run hot. Ergo you have seen the manufacturers offer solutions with heatsinks, incl motherboard manufacturers making that even easier for you. Team Group takes it to the next level, as they are fitting the Cardea NVMe SSD with a heatsink holding liquid. That's right, that is passive liquid cooling for you.